[GRASS-SVN] r56076 - grass/branches/develbranch_6/scripts/v.db.update

[svn_grass at osgeo.org]

Author: mlennert
Date: 2013-05-02 02:33:17 -0700 (Thu, 02 May 2013)
New Revision: 56076

Modified:
   grass/branches/develbranch_6/scripts/v.db.update/description.html
   grass/branches/develbranch_6/scripts/v.db.update/v.db.update
Log:
clarify difference between value and qcol options (forward port from 64release)


Modified: grass/branches/develbranch_6/scripts/v.db.update/description.html
===================================================================
--- grass/branches/develbranch_6/scripts/v.db.update/description.html	2013-05-02 09:29:18 UTC (rev 56075)
+++ grass/branches/develbranch_6/scripts/v.db.update/description.html	2013-05-02 09:33:17 UTC (rev 56076)
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
 
 <em>v.db.update</em> assigns a new value to a column in the
-attribute table connected to a given map. Alternatively, values can
-be copied from another column in the table.
+attribute table connected to a given map. The <em>value</em> parameter updates with a literal value. Alternatively, with the <em>qcol</em> parameter values can
+be copied from another column in the table or be the result of a combination or transformation of other columns.
 
 
 <h2>NOTES</h2>

Modified: grass/branches/develbranch_6/scripts/v.db.update/v.db.update
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--- grass/branches/develbranch_6/scripts/v.db.update/v.db.update	2013-05-02 09:29:18 UTC (rev 56075)
+++ grass/branches/develbranch_6/scripts/v.db.update/v.db.update	2013-05-02 09:33:17 UTC (rev 56076)
@@ -43,14 +43,14 @@
 #%option
 #% key: value
 #% type: string
-#% description: Value to update the column with (varchar values have to be in single quotes, e.g. 'grass')
+#% description: Literal value to update the column with
 #% required : no
 #%end
 #%option
 #% key: qcolumn
 #% gisprompt: old_dbcolumn,dbcolumn,dbcolumn
 #% type: string
-#% description: Column to query
+#% description: Name of other attribute column to query, can be combination of columns (e.g. col1+col2)
 #% required : no
 #%end
 #%option